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Why I am Christian again
Puncturing the vault of heaven to rediscover earth.
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James Taylor Foreman
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February 2024

Large Language Messiah
A false prophecy.
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James Taylor Foreman
11

December 2023

Oops, we’re all still pagans
You are a neuron in the mind of a giant.
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James Taylor Foreman
26
Free speech on Substack should work like AA
Good standards come from a distribution structure to encourage good faith, not censorship.
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James Taylor Foreman
37

November 2023

Why people come to LA
And why I’m staying.
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James Taylor Foreman
9

October 2023

Merry only has half a brain
A man with no left brain and why it was nearly good for him.
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James Taylor Foreman
23
Trust your cognitive biases
And why I love diners where the food is just OK.
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James Taylor Foreman
25
Your Doctor is an Inadvertent Faith Healer
The relegation of the placebo effect to mere snake oil.
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James Taylor Foreman
14

September 2023

The Midwit Trap
How to be brilliant and alone.
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James Taylor Foreman
20
Finding Beauty in Forgotten Places
Perceiving every place as a temple is a life-changing skill.
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James Taylor Foreman
8
Physicist Claims Sagrada Familia Is a Portal to Interstellar Space
Eric Weinstein calls for a return to dreaming to make the next big breakthrough in physics.
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James Taylor Foreman
23
The Cosmic Significance of the ‘Rosebud;!’ Cheat Code
The short-sightedness of wanting more.
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James Taylor Foreman
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